How to Write Acrostic Poetry

Writing acrostic poetry is a great way to express your feelings and thoughts about a person or an event, such as Christmas. It's fun, relatively easy, and helps you search your soul for just the write words. And sending cards with poetry you wrote deepens the meaning of the cards and the words to the recipient.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Pencil
• Paper
• Computer
• Card Making Software
• Card Stock Paper

1. Decide person's name or event on which you wish to write the poem. This can be someone that is celebrating a birthday or a holiday such as Christmas.

2. 
    

   Write the name/event lengthwise on your paper. For instance, Christmas would be:
   C
   H
   R
   I
   S
   T
   M
   A
   S

3. Then, beginning thinking of a word that begins with the first letter (C). Write the words and then go to the second line (second letter - H). Count the number of syllables in the first line and match that number in the subsequent lines. Try to make the last words of each line rhyme.

4. 
    
   What would we do without computers!

   When you have finished composing your poem, type your poem using creative fonts and paper. Pat yourself on the back when you print the card for a job well done!

Tips & Warnings

• Try a simple,fun word or name just to get started with and then go to poems of greater length.
• Keeping the same number of syllables for each line will make it flow with regular rhythm.

[strickls]

on 12/7/2008 This is easy to do and a lot of fun. Start with a simple word like "name" or "happy". Once you start writing, you will enjoy it so much.